The House of Blue

Yes but did Lville not get the kid back who was hurt this yr. They will be a top 5 school if no one gets hurt for them they are very thin, But Looserville has a great chance at being a top 5 school by yrs end.

Remember the top 25 or what ever is how you think they will finish at the end of the yr.

Wow when was the last time UNC and Puke were not listed in the top 7 by Dickyacc V.

Just as good as this year. WHOA NOW! We had a Senior sharpshooter and leader, two Sophomore studs, and one of the greatest freshman in college basketballs history. We can end up as the best team in college basketball next year and still not be near the level we were at this year. NO ONE IS COMING BACK! Might as well accept it and move on.

I respect your opinion but if you think this years team can be as good as last years team your gonna be disappointed.

I'm not ready to agree with that yet.... I think we all may be surprised by how well they match up to last year's squad. Noel has the biggest shoes to fill, but as long as he's close to matching Davis on the defensive end, his lack of offensive skills can be made up by other players... the additional depth will help. I'm convinced Poythress has what it takes to replace MKG. I'm convinced Goodwin has what it takes to replace Lamb. The added depth at the 4/5 will help to replace Jones. With that said, where I actually give this year's team the edge over last year's team.... is with Harrow. Teague started out slow and was inconsistent most of the year... but he came on strong at the end to help lead us to a championship. i will grant him that... but I believe Harrow will start out much stronger, understand Cal's system better, remain more consistent and finish even stronger. I'm counting on Harrow to make the difference... and lead us to #9.

No doubt... Lambs return would ring the bell. I hope Wiltjer has a greater impact, but I'm counting on our added depth to help out there.. As for Miller's replacement, that will be tough... but I really hope that Hood will fill his shoes. If so, even without Lamb, I will like our chances of another return to the final four.

Most of the country has figured out that this is the general state of college hoops.

Thats a lot of reaches and what if's if you ask me. Its possible that all those things happen but even if they do you don't have Darius Miller as a senior off the bench hitting huge shot after huge shot in leading us. Your missing the cohesion that last years team had, the chemistry, the leadership. It was a special team. I have a hard time believe too that Noel can replace probably the best freshman of the last 30 years either in Davis at any aspect of the game although he will block some shots. Will he be able to stay out of foul trouble, will he block the ball and keep it in bounds and start fast breaks like Davis? Davis was just unbelievably special. Where exactly is the added depth that will replace Jones. Right now we've got Harrow, Goodwin, Poythress, Wiltjer, Noel probably starting with Hood, Beckham and Cauley off the bench. None of those guys on the bench would have cracked the rotation last year and you think they'll be able to replace the defense, the banging inside, the rebounding, the scoring of Jones. I highly doubt it. Harrow if he is better than Teague its certainly ain't by much. I can promise you that. I don't care if he has a year in the system or not.

And for the record I'm basing this off nobody coming back because nobody is gonna come back.

Don't look at this as negative either. There were times last year when I just wasn't into it all that much. I knew we were gonna hand it to teams. Nothing mattered until like the final four. We should have won the national championship and we did. This coming year on the other hand is gonna be a little different. We're gonna lose some games, we're gonna go through some slumps, we're gonna have to rise up and really get better. Thats really fun for me to watch as a fan. Next years team is still going to be really good compared to the competition though. We've still probably got more talent than anybody else. But this year it will take certain guys playing key roles like Hood that haven't been counted on yet during their career. A guy that people have written off. This team is gonna be fun to watch develop. Not that last years team wasn't but we had more known commodities last year.

TWIT, why do you look at the world as a half empty place. UK has a great chance to get two or three players back. Miller was good at times then he was no place to be found.
KW can shoot lights out for sure. Teague knows he needs to come back that is for sure. He needs no money and he would help him self a ton by returning.

UK can be as good if not better next yr.

Jesus Christ Thank YOU. I'm tired of trying to talk some sense into that dude.